This Ketel Marte thing gets weirder and weirder, at least linguistically. Marte returned to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday during their game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Before the game, Marte, speaking through an interpreter, answered questions about his apparent no-call-no-show of the Aug. 17 game against the Boston Red Sox, which mostly served to generate … Read more
On August 30, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope successfully launched from Florida and will spend the next three months heading to its new home: a Sun-Earth Lagrange point, a million miles from Earth, where the gravity of the two largest bodies is in balance. It’s a comfortable place for a space telescope; Roman can … Read more
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of more than 6,100 confirmed cases, according to the latest government data from Wednesday, as the disease is spreading at an unprecedented speed, faster than efforts to track and slow it.Data from Congo’s Ministry of Health showed the outbreak has recorded … Read more
38m ago Trump floats renaming Strait of Hormuz as Trump Strait President Trump suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz after himself Wednesday.”Now that we have it under U.S.A. control, should we change the name Hormuz Strait to TRUMP STRAIT??? Like America itself, it would be ‘hotter’ than ever before!” Mr. Trump said on his … Read more
USS Abraham Lincoln Docks in Thailand After 9 Months at Sea The Washington PostUSS Abraham Lincoln Arrives in Thailand The HillPattaya, Once Thailand’s ‘Sin City,’ Draws Weary USS Abraham Lincoln Sailors Los Angeles TimesUSS Abraham Lincoln Will Dock in Thailand on Wednesday, Pattaya Mayor Says The New York TimesEmbarrassing State of Trump’s Warship Finally Revealed … Read more
A day of celebration turned terrifying as emotional Indonesian locals and officials jumped into the river when the suspension bridge beneath them suddenly collapsed. Crowds of locals watched the opening ceremony of the newly opened Pongpet Suspension Bridge in Pangandaran Regency, West Java, on August 30. As dozens of villagers crossed the wooden bridge, which … Read more
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang shares advice on AI regulation Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a moment to chat with reporters on the sidelines of the summit, expanding on his AI comments from the earlier fireside discussion with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. “We’re at the beginning of an industrial revolution,” he said, adding that “America is going … Read more
5. “Slot cars. Almost all my friends had them. I modified with them to improve the speed and ‘stylishness’ of their cars.” There were indoor slot machine tracks where kids competed against each other and exchanged parts and recommendations. There were stores nearby that sold slot cars and their parts. Many of my friends spent … Read more
During the Bill Belichick era, the New England Patriots capitalized on any on-field advantage they could find. In one of those cases, the team could have turned to the services of the scoreboard operator. Ryan Paganetti, who worked for multiple NFLs on the analytics and research side, discovered that the Patriots were showing the goalposts … Read more
China has achieved two-way laser communication between the Earth and the Moon, making it the second nation after the United States to do so. But the data rates it achieved were far behind those recorded by NASA more than a decade ago, and that has left space experts scratching their heads. Using telescopes in Yunnan … Read more